Dropped off the edge again down in Juarez
"Don't even bat an eye
If the eagle cries" the rasta man says
Just cause the desert likes
Young girls flesh and

No angel came
No angel came

I don't think you even know
What you think you just said
So go on and spill your seed,
Shake your gun to the Rastaman's head
'Cause the desert, she must be blessed and

No angel came
No angel came (listen, darling)
No angel came

There's a time to keep it up, a time to keep it in
The Indian is told the cowboy is his friend
A time to keep it up, boys, a time to keep it in
The Indian is told the cowboy is his friend
You know that I can breathe even when I cheat
Should, should, should, should've been over for me

(Listen, darling)

No angel came
No angel came
No angel came (listen, darling)
No angel came
No angel came
No angel came
No angel came


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Juarez Lyrics as written by Tori Ellen Amos

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    Tori has stated in the past that she wanted this song to sound as if it was being blasting out of a car parked near the border where a murder was taking place.

    abey85on September 19, 2007   Link

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